Stove



W. T. FINNEY.

- @S TOVE.

(No Model.)

No. 441,147. Patented NOV. 25, 1890.

9394; 14mm f? UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WESLEY T. FINNEY, OF BENTONVILLE, INDIANA.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,147, dated November 25, 1890.

Application filed May 12, 1890- Serial No. 351,380- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY T. FINNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bentonville, in the county of Fayette and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates especially to the class of stoves commonly known as heatingstoveS, and it has for its object the production of a knockdown stove adapted to be set up or put together without the use of bolts or screws and to be taken apart and packed for storage or transportation for the purpose of economizing room; and the invention consists in flanging, and grooving the plates in such manner that when put together they will interlock and hold and support each other without other fastenings.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to corresponding parts in each figure, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my stove set up. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the bottom plate. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the stove on line as 00, Fig. 1, the hearth being broken away. Fig. L is a transverse vertical section on line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line ,2 2, Fig. 1, broken and shortened; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the top plate, showing the under side.

A designates the bot-tom plate, which is provided at its front end with the usual hearth a. On its upper face near the side edges are longitudinal and parallel double flanged grooves or channels B, Wider at the bottom than at the top, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

O designates the side plates, which are provided at their lower edges with T-shaped flanges c, which fit into and are grooves or channels B of the bottom plate, as shown in Fig. 4. The plates A and O are put together by sliding the latter longitudinally into the grooves B.

D are the end plates, which are provided near their side edges with vertical grooves or channels d, similar to the channels B on the bottom plate A. These channels d receive and hold T-flanges 1), formed on the ends of the side plates 0, as represented in Fig. 5.

E designates the top plate, which is prothe lower edge of the end plates D set when the parts are put together. These grooves hold the end plates and side plates against longitudinal movement on the plate A and prevent the separation of these plates so long as the end plates set therein.

The parts being constructed as shown and described, the stove is set up as follows: The side plates 0 are connected with the bottom plate A by sliding their T-flanges 0 into the grooves B, when the end plates D are set up and connect with the side plates by entering the T-flanges 19 into the grooves or channels (Z and dropping the said end plates down until they are seated in the channels G. Lastly, the top plate E is slid into position with its grooves 6 under the outturned flanges g of the side plates until the transverse grooves F pass under and engage the horizontal flanges f of the end plates D. It is to be observed that the parts so constructed and put together are all securely locked together, except the top plate, which will remain in position without looking.

The top plate can only move in one direction-forward or backward-=acoording to the direction of the grooves F and flanges f, as indicated in Fig. 3.

This stove is especially designed to be molded or cast, though it may be made of sheet metal, if desired. WVhen made of sheet metal, the holding grooves or channels on the bottom, top, and end plates may be made of separate strips of metal bent into shape and riveted on, or they may be made by bending 'over the edges of the plates in a manner well understood by all sheet-metal workers, and therefore requiring no special description.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a knockdown stove, the combination, with the top and end plates grooved and flanged, of a bottom plate provided in its upper face near its side edges with longitudinal grooves widening toward their bottom and the side plates having flanged lower edges adapted to be inserted in the grooves of the bottom plate, whereby all the parts are locked and held together and against lateral dis placement by longitudinally sliding the joints together, as set forth.

2. In a knockdown stove, the combination, with the bottom plate provided near its side edges with longitudinal double flanged grooves or channels B and near its ends with transverse grooves, the side plates provided at their lower edges and at their ends with T-flanges, the flanges at their lower edges 

